Skillet Donut Stout
Burial Beer Co.
- From:
- Burial Beer Co.
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Oatmeal Stout
Ranked #31 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #3,206 - Avg:
- 4.21 | pDev: 7.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 124
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2026
- Added:
- Jul 14, 2013
- Wants:
- 68
- Gots:
- 81
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
Cold, black iron. Never decaying. It is held to the fire to unearth impeccable flavor from whatever it holds. Never prejudicial, it welcomes all ingredients. This heavy iron is our most trusted and daring tool of culinary ingenuity. And it is the perfect banner carrier for this rich, black ale. This breakfast stout is made from a blend of 9 barley malts, a healthy scoop of oats, molasses, milk sugars, and a hand-selected blend of coffee beans from farms in Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Colombia. Welcome the day with rich chocolate and caramel maltiness and an abundance of diverse coffee aromas unlike any other.
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Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
4.23/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Canned on: 12-12-25
A - Pitch black pour with dense, sticky caramel lacing clinging to the sides of the glass.
S - Big chocolate roasty char and coffee beans permeate the nose with a slight bit of subdued smokiness.
T - Chocolate char, chocolate roast, coffee bean, light smoke, subtle molasses while finishing on the chocolate, coffee char side.
M - Big viscous body that's a little light around the perimeter and leaves a subtle sticky residue on the lips.
O - This is a rock-solid Imperial Stout.
Mar 01, 2026A - Pitch black pour with dense, sticky caramel lacing clinging to the sides of the glass.
S - Big chocolate roasty char and coffee beans permeate the nose with a slight bit of subdued smokiness.
T - Chocolate char, chocolate roast, coffee bean, light smoke, subtle molasses while finishing on the chocolate, coffee char side.
M - Big viscous body that's a little light around the perimeter and leaves a subtle sticky residue on the lips.
O - This is a rock-solid Imperial Stout.
Reviewed by CBlack85 from South Carolina
4.23/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 16 oz can into a Willi Becher Glass
The beer pours nearly black with mahogany highlights and about three fingers worth of foamy tan/khaki head that recedes slowly, leaving behind virtually no lacing.
The aroma is big on coffee and roasted malts, with notes of chocolate, caramel, molasses, and a mild sweetness (likely from the lactose)
The flavor, like the aroma, is big on coffee and roasted malts, though the chocolate shines through more in the flavor than in the aroma. There is also a nice sweetness from the lactose and hints of caramel. Medium/full bodied and moderately carbonated. Velvety mouthfeel with a smooth finish
Overall, this is a very nice oatmeal stout!
Apr 29, 2025The beer pours nearly black with mahogany highlights and about three fingers worth of foamy tan/khaki head that recedes slowly, leaving behind virtually no lacing.
The aroma is big on coffee and roasted malts, with notes of chocolate, caramel, molasses, and a mild sweetness (likely from the lactose)
The flavor, like the aroma, is big on coffee and roasted malts, though the chocolate shines through more in the flavor than in the aroma. There is also a nice sweetness from the lactose and hints of caramel. Medium/full bodied and moderately carbonated. Velvety mouthfeel with a smooth finish
Overall, this is a very nice oatmeal stout!
Reviewed by Reef from South Carolina
4.74/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.74/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
16 oz. can date stamped 1/11/24
Reviewing on a cold rainy morning, so probably optimal setting.
Deep black color, one finger brown varied head. Full lacing curtains and surface cap.
First aroma is the pastry and vanilla. Followed by coffee, cocoa, light Roasty malt.
Coffee and light hop zest come in with first swallow. Cocoa, molasses, light stone fruit, donut sweetness develops.
Full coating mouthfeel. Oat smoothness. Good carbonation, no alcohol heat.
Superior breakfast stout.
Mar 01, 2024Reviewing on a cold rainy morning, so probably optimal setting.
Deep black color, one finger brown varied head. Full lacing curtains and surface cap.
First aroma is the pastry and vanilla. Followed by coffee, cocoa, light Roasty malt.
Coffee and light hop zest come in with first swallow. Cocoa, molasses, light stone fruit, donut sweetness develops.
Full coating mouthfeel. Oat smoothness. Good carbonation, no alcohol heat.
Superior breakfast stout.
Reviewed by papposilenus from New Hampshire
4.32/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.32/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
From a 16oz can, dated 12/13/23. Served in the preternaturally fragile spiegelau BA tasting glass.
Pours essentially black with the merest hint of mahogany at the margins and a finger-plus of sudsy mocha head. Retention is unremarkable but leaves a reasonably sturdy sheet of lacing.
Nose is cakey and roasty - probably power of suggestion but it’s the aroma of donut shop coffee and a plain donut.
Taste is smooth, mellow, creamy, cakey with a gentle bite of bitter coffee. Sweeter further in, hot cocoa powder, malted milk balls and kids’ breakfast cereal.
Feel is silky smooth, medium bodied with ample fine, tingly carbonation. No sense of the 8% abv on the palate or in the gullet.
Overall, excellent! I’m a slut for a good oatmeal stout and this one does everything an oatmeal stout is supposed to. Not too sweet, not too bitter; not too syrupy, not too dry. No sharp edges and no hard corners. A genuine treat.
Jan 10, 2024Pours essentially black with the merest hint of mahogany at the margins and a finger-plus of sudsy mocha head. Retention is unremarkable but leaves a reasonably sturdy sheet of lacing.
Nose is cakey and roasty - probably power of suggestion but it’s the aroma of donut shop coffee and a plain donut.
Taste is smooth, mellow, creamy, cakey with a gentle bite of bitter coffee. Sweeter further in, hot cocoa powder, malted milk balls and kids’ breakfast cereal.
Feel is silky smooth, medium bodied with ample fine, tingly carbonation. No sense of the 8% abv on the palate or in the gullet.
Overall, excellent! I’m a slut for a good oatmeal stout and this one does everything an oatmeal stout is supposed to. Not too sweet, not too bitter; not too syrupy, not too dry. No sharp edges and no hard corners. A genuine treat.
Reviewed by dd53grif from Michigan
4.19/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A Tavour Treat. Pours a dark brown color with a foamy tan head that lasts quite a while. Aroma is black coffee and roasted malts. Taste is chocolate and caramel. Starts sweet and finishes with minimum bitterness.
Apr 03, 2023
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